guarnerius

1. 1.

   Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)

   SynonymsGuarneriGuarnieriGuiseppe Guarneri

   Broaderviolin maker
2. 2.

   founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698)

   SynonymsGuarneriGuarnieriAndrea Guarneri

   Broaderviolin maker
3. 3.

   a violin made by a member of the Guarneri family

   Broaderviolin

Other forms of guarnerius

plural

guarneriuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about guarnerius

What does guarnerius mean?

guarnerius means "Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in guarnerius?

guarnerius has 5 syllables: gu-ar-ne-ri-us. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for guarnerius?

Close synonyms include Guarneri, Guarnieri, Guiseppe Guarneri, Guarneri, Guarnieri. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is guarnerius a common word?

guarnerius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.